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i tend to prefer the company of other introverts. extroverts, because they are not inclined to study themselves, tend to lack understanding of the things that can only be learned by observing first-hand. because their knowledge of others is mostly holistic, i have a harder time making a connection with them. that is also why i dislike group settings, there is too much going on at once for people to be in-sync with each other. i think this comes from a need for efficiency... quality of socializing over quantity.

i do find the stereotype interesting, though, because it is counter to my own thinking. extroverts probably socialize more actively, yes, but when it comes to actually understanding other people, they tend to strike me as more salesman than mechanic.

that's from your view though...i can be in sync with many people in the room at the same time.
and i am really confident in my ability to understand the people i'm with.

There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on an individual level. It’s got to happen inside first.

The sensory and emotional experience is different. Not that extroverts are deficient in frontal lobe activity, they just has less going on there.

That was fun. I totally agree with syn, some Introvert seems to believe-yet-not-clearly-say that Introvertion is what people that can think do.

Actually you can turn the argument around. How can you have a rich inner world if most of what you're doing is process the same data over and over again, building internal systems and not always bothering to check if it has anything to do with the real world.
Just look at most philosophers, i can easily argue against most arguments they throw at me because they just don't ever focus on large enough pictures and trust A+B=X without bothering to look at the rest of the alphabet.

Expression of the post modern paradox : "For the love of god, religions are so full of shit"

Theory is always superseded by Fact...
... In theory.

“I’d hate to die twice. It’s so boring.”Richard Feynman's last recorded words

"Great is the human who has not lost his childlike heart."Mencius (Meng-Tse), 4th century BCE

Perhaps. There is this conceit implicit that the Introvert mode is superior (I imagine most introverts think so) as more processing is taking place prior to conscious action.

I think of it more as turtles vs. hares. Introverts sit behind their eyes and plot their movements, only coming out when they have "processed", quickly retracting into the interior when danger appears. Extraverts just treat the world as their interior, living intimately connected with it. Thinking as inseparable from direct engagement.

Squirrels, raccoons, mice... do the same thing - they treat the outside world as their interior. I think the ability to reflect on our experience is what makes humans unique.

But really, I don't think extroverts are limited in intelligence because of their extroversion at all. The S/N divide has much more to do with intelligence.

no...i'm the one getting other people to talk...it's not the erin show when i'm in the room...not all extraverts are that way.

Yeah I think that's why I see other personalities differently than many people do. And why I think many people tell me that they act differently around me, more themselves. It's a different interaction.

That was fun. I totally agree with syn, some Introvert seems to believe-yet-not-clearly-say that Introvertion is what people that can think do.

Actually you can turn the argument around. How can you have a rich inner world if most of what you're doing is process the same data over and over again, building internal systems and not always bothering to check if it has anything to do with the real world.

Just look at most philosophers, i can easily argue against most arguments they throw at me because they just don't ever focus on large enough pictures and trust A+B=X without bothering to look at the rest of the alphabet.

Bingo. How brilliant are you if you walk around with toilet paper on your shoe?

well hell it's not about one being superior. it's just that they come to conclusions before sharing thoughts and we brainstorm...or think out loud a lot of the time...we're still arriving at the same place.

There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on an individual level. It’s got to happen inside first.